Strong fields and recycled accelerator parts as a laboratory for fundamental physics
arXiv:0908.0730 · doi:10.1088/1742-6596/198/1/012008
Abstract
Over the last few years it has become increasingly clear that low energy, but high precision experiments provide a powerful and complementary window to physics beyond the Standard Model. In this note we illuminate this by using minicharged particles as an example. We argue that minicharged particles arise naturally in extensions of the Standard Model. Compatibility with charge quantization arguments suggests that minicharged particles typically arise together with a massless hidden sector U(1) gauge field. We present several low energy experiments employing strong lasers, electric and magnetic fields that can be used to search for (light) minicharged particles and their accompanying U(1) gauge boson.
14 pages, 6 figures. Contributed to the proceedings of the workshop "Advanced QED Methods for Future Accelerators"
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